Speeches

Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on biodiversity on the public forest estate in each year since 2004-05.

Dan Rogerson

While all sustainable forest management on the public forest estate can benefit biodiversity, the following table shows the money spent by the Forestry Commission specifically for the benefit of biodiversity:

Financial year

Spend on public forest estate (£)

2004-05

2,719,442

2005-06

3,673,847

2006-07

4,785,114

2007-08

3,871,339

2008-09

4,456,223

2009-10

4,787,026

2010-11

5,196,665

2011-12

4,132,597

2012-13

3,730,628

2013-14

3,831,024